This game has been long awaited by club members of both participants, as it's the first David Kipiani Cup match of the season. Both Varketili and Rustavi are hoping for a good start to their campaign.
Rustavi could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Erovnuli Liga 2 game only four sleeps ago.
Varketili form and stats
Disaster struck Varketili last season as they could not defend their status as a Liga 3 team. With 4 defeats from 19 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Varketili are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D5 L2.
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Rustavi form and stats
A job perfectly done for Rustavi last season as they secured promotion from Erovnuli Liga 2. With a grand total of 5 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 1 were in away matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spaeri in just one day.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() Y. Nakano 6 goals | ![]() P. Kiteishvili 5 goals | ![]() D. Sharikadze 4 goals |
Varketili missing players
Rustavi missing players
| Varketili | Rustavi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Varketili | Last season | Rustavi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 79% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 65% | ||
| 42% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 21% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 60% | ||
| 21% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 21% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.5 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi II | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Kolkheti Poti | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Aragvi Dusheti | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Gori | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 33 |
| 5 | Saburtalo II | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Borjomi | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Kolkheti Khobi | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Varketili | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Meshakhte | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Tbilisi City | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Bakhmaro | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Guria | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Irao | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Merani Tbilisi II | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 15 | Zestafoni | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -24 | 15 |
| 16 | Chikhura | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 37 | -54 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shukura | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Merani Martvili | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | Spaeri | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Norchi Dinamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 27 |
| 5 | Samtredia | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Gareji | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Rustavi | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | WIT Georgia | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -20 | 11 |
| 9 | Shevardeni 1906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Zugdidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |